Benefit in the wake of disaster: Long-run effects of earthquakes on welfare in rural Indonesia
In: halshs-01064506; 10670/1.ifze17;; (2014)
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We examine the long-term effects on individual economic outcomes of a set of earthquakes - numerous, large, but mostly not extreme - that occurred in rural Indonesia since 1985. Using longitudinal individual-level data from large-scale household surveys, together with precise measures of local ground tremors obtained from a US Geological Survey database, we identify the effects of earthquakes, exploiting the quasi-random spatial and temporal nature of their distribution. Affected individuals experience short-term economic losses but recover in the medium-run (after two to five years), and even exhibit income and welfare gains in the long term (six to 12 years). The stocks of productive assets, notably in farms, get reconstituted and public infrastructures are reconstructed with some improvements, seemingly partly through external aid, allowing productivity to recover. These findings tend to discount the presence of poverty traps, and exhibit the potential long-term benefits from post-disaster interventions in context where disasters primarily affect physical assets.
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Benefit in the wake of disaster: Long-run effects of earthquakes on welfare in rural Indonesia
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gignoux, Jérémie ; Menéndez, Marta ; Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE) ; École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Paris School of Economics (PSE) ; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) ; Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme (DIAL) ; Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine (LEDa) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Dauphine-PSL ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Université Paris Dauphine-PSL ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) |
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Quelle: | halshs-01064506; 10670/1.ifze17;; (2014) |
Veröffentlichung: | HAL CCSD, 2014 |
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